This weekend was Tsagaan Sar. I love living in a big city. Why, just ordering breakfast in D.C. is more interesting than all of Provo: "Good morning. How was your weekend?"

"Okay. I sat around playing Escape Velocity all weekend. How about you?"

"I had a good time. It was New Years."

"New Years?"

"The Mongolian Lunar New Year."

"Really? Cool. What's that like?"

Turns out there's a goddess named Bituun Baldanlham, who rides her mule around the countryside. You're supposed to put three pieces of ice outside your front door for the mule to drink. It's like Passover, but it's in Mongolia and it's New Years.

"So what do you call New Years?"

"Tsagaan Sar."

"Zaganscar?"

"You're not very good at pronouncing Mongolian words."

"That's okay, I'm not very good at pronouncing English words."

"The usual sausage egg 'n cheese?"

"Yeah."

On the way to the office, I thought I spotted Bituun Baldanlham, but it was just James Carville on the big screen above Channel Seven's studios. James Carville's 30-foot-tall head is more than anyone should be forced to endure at 7:30 in the morning.

I believe Gail Ruzicka was riding a mule around the Utah Capitol this weekend. They put out three bowls of Jello for the mule. - Happy Tazgaan Sar

Posted by  Anonymous @ 9:33 AM

 

I'm not too crazy about Carville's one foot head for that matter. - Head Watcher in the West

Posted by  Anonymous @ 8:52 PM

 

I'll bet they have good snow shoe places in Mongolia. But not as good as Mill Creek Canyon, which was beautiful today. - UT shoe-er

Posted by  Anonymous @ 12:19 PM

 

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